Helen’s great escape

Helen worked at IPS before it was even called IPS...

How well do you think you know her?

Let's find out!

• Sure!

• Where's the free food?

The first day I met Helen, what did I get her to do for me?

• Dance the Tango with the rest of the staff while I hid away

• Cut out a laminated key concept display

• Nothing much, It was a prep day

• B and C

One of Helen's favourite pupils was named J****A.

Why did she like him so much?

• Because he would hide in the cupboard under the sink at lunch time, but never when she was teaching

• Because of his great hair style

• Because he would hiss at you randomly

For my birthday, Helen got me...

• A cameo video from Tilda Swinton

• A food intolerance test

• A couple of tickets for the Eurovision in the NL

• Some of her famous cupcakes

What did Helen manage to do with Oli, a group 5 boy?

• Get him to surrender all of the chocolate he got for snack every day

• Get him to recite the poetry he wrote

• Get him to dance in front of the class

• Get him to speak

Answer explanation

Oli was an elective mute as well as EAL student.

Helen stayed extremely patient with him until he started to whisper in her ear a few sentences to be able to speak (practically) normally bu the end of the year.

Helen and I share quite a few things:

• An amazing sense of style

• We prefer muffins to bananas

• We had a daughter without "suffering" pregnancy

• A, B and C

At her wedding, who came as a special guest?

• The former mayor of The Hague

• A gorilla

• Her cats

• A man

What can she talk about for hours (and it's boring)

• Football

• Football

• Football

• Football

Helen's favourite thing to do with cupcakes is...

• Eat them

• Bake them

• Decorate them

• Throw them at annoying members of the PLT

Does Helen take Eurovision seriously?

• Yes

• No

• It depends how s**t the UK is that year